RI survives elimination round

RI survives elimination round

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian female archers Hamdiah, Dahliana and
Nurfitriyana survived the Olympic Games elimination round at
Stone Mountain Park in Atlanta on Sunday.

After the round, which sorted out 64 archers for the main
draw, Hamdiah ranks 25th with 639 points, Dahliana 51st with 615
points and Nurfitriyana 55th with 600 points.

The next knockout round on Aug. 2 pits the first-ranked
against the 64th-ranked, the second-ranked against the 63rd-
ranked and so on in order to halve the 64. The subsequent rounds
repeat this format to obtain two finalists.

By such drawing, Hamdiah will take on 40th-ranked Severine
Bonal of France, Dahliana will face 14th-ranked Giovanna Aldegani
of Italy and Nurfitriyana will play 10th-ranked Anna Mozhar of
Kazakhstan.

Also on Aug. 2, the Indonesians will face the Ukrainian trio
in the team events. Nurfitriyana joined forces with
Kusumawardhani and Lilies Handayani to win the women's team
silver medal in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

Indonesian team manager Mohammad Dahlan said his archers had
been improving technically, especially because Stone Mountain
Park was very similar to the Senayan archery field in Jakarta in
terms of weather, wind readings and other physical conditions.

However, he added that the trio need better mental
preparations because the New Olympic Record format, the first
ever used in the Olympics, involves the archers in tense face-to-
face duels. (arf)